Sad news to report….
D’Wayne Wiggins Of Tony! Toni! Toné! Has Passed Away at 64!
Continue reading Founding member of #TonyToniTone, #DwayneWiggins has passed away at 64! [details]
Legendary vibraphonist, producer, and vocalist Roy Ayers has passed away at 84 years of age. Ayers would enjoy success in the 70s and 80s as a solo artist, and with his band Ubiquity.
His recordings provided the soundbed for hits by ATCQ, Mary J. Blige, Brand Nubian and many more.
He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an impact on hip-hop: His “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has been sampled nearly 200 times.
Ayers died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 84.
Continue reading Remembering the legendary #RoyAyers! [vid]
Sad news to report. Singer and R&B, Hip Hop icon #AngieStone has reportedly passed away earlier this morning due to a tragic car accident!
Continue reading #RnB icon #AngieStone has passed away at 63! [details]
Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in New Mexico, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office told CNN. He was 95.
Continue reading Oscar-winning actor #GeneHackman and wife found DEAD in #SantaFe! [details]
Music icon Roberta Flack has passed away at 88!
Singer Roberta Flack, who broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and pop, died Monday at the age of 88.
Continue reading Music legend #RobertaFlack has passed away at 88!
Our condolences go out to Tyga and his family! The ‘Rack City’ rapper revealed that his mother has passed away at the tender age of 53!
‘Can’t Imagine Life Without You’, Tyga wrote in an impassioned tribute to his mom:
Continue reading #Tyga’s mom, #PasionayeNicoleNguyen has passed away at 53! [details]
Ms. Voletta Wallace- who BIRTHED one of the GREATEST rappers of all time, The Notorious B.I.G. has passed away.
Continue reading Remembering #VolettaWallace-mother to #TheNotoriousBIG! [vid]
Sad news to report…
Multiple sources are reporting that music executive and co-founder of Murder Inc has passed away at 54!
Continue reading Music mogul and entrepreneur #IrvGotti has passed away at 54!
Sad news to report…..
Anthony Leonard Platt, known professionally as DJ Unk, an influential figure in Atlanta’s hip-hop scene and a pioneer of the snap music subgenre, has passed away at 42!
Continue reading #Atlanta hip-hop ICON #DjUnk has passed away at 42! [vid]
Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer who vowed to restore morality and truth to politics after an era of White House scandal and who redefined post-presidential service, died Sunday at the age of 100.
The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office by disillusioned voters after a single term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.
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